Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-31
CORDOVA.
CoRpoyA, March 80.


The people in the upper end here move
along so evenly that the daily events and
happenings are most too prosaic
10 be OF newspaper interest. Howe
der, the AlsSts correspondent, started
out with the intention of getting
something TO print if nothing more than
few comments on spnng weather.
Collector Pidcork says he collected
something over $1,000 in taxes.
Jerry Bryan and wife have gone TO
northern Dakota.
James Hartnett is home from Hamp>
ton, where ne has been teaching school,
Miss Belle Rathbun has opened up a
dress making shop.
Duck shooting is good on the islands
opposite town A great many are being
killed.
C. B Fisk will go to Omaha and ems
bark III the boot and shoe business. Sue
cess to YOU Charley.
Capt. Whistler and wife OF Rock Island.
visited Capt. Wooders and wife oyer
Sunday.
The board of town auditors met the
29th. The town officers are, no doubt,
richer and happier.
James Y. Bailey, who has been trsvel-
ing for the Howe Scale company. is
sick. lie was taken i'll while on the road,
but managed TO get home.
J. L. Cool and his grand son Lafis
johnson, nre at the Hot Springs, Ark.
They could not be found When summoned
by telegraph to attend the funeral of
Mr.. Coors sister, Mrs John Marshall.
W. D. Webster has just returned from
St. Paul, where he was drumming up
some lime trade. He reports business
good. His kilns are running full cspsci-
~.
II is reported that Chas. Fisk has sold
out his stock of groceries and hardware
to VIM F. Tew. and that the change will!
be made April [. VIII Is wei! and fav-
orabiy known he. aud we know OF no
reason why he should not do we'll,
The order of NJ. w. OF A. have pur-
chased the red store building on the
north side of Main street, and are going
to reconstruct the second story into 8
hall, and generally rapair the whole
building. This seems to be wide-
| awake camp.
There seems to be no particular inter-
est in the township election this spring.
A general apathy seems to pervade all
| parties and classes. Nobody seems to
know or care who are TO serve in
the capacity of town officers Wouldn't
it be well TO lay aside all partisan and
political bias; call mass meeting and
| select our best and able men, and elect
them without any fuss or feeling. There
has been more or less bad feeling engen,
dered among our citizens for years by
their partisan fights over the township
officers, and they aren't worth fighting
| for.
There died at Sank Rrapids, Mimi. March
%, Mary Eleanor Larson Cool, daughtrt
of William and Elizabeth Larson Cool
who was born July Q. 1919, at Princeton,
| New Jersey. Size emigrated to the wesi
10 company with the Marshall and Sexton
families in 1888. leaving their native
place Nav %, and arriving at Cordova
IL. July 16, the whole journey having
been performed in wagons, and occupy,
ing a period OF t'ty>four days. The
| company consisted of twenty.one per,
sons, ten of whom are still living She
was one of a family of i've children
| Both parents are dead, ami of the child
rem, only two are now living-the Oldest
j. L. Cool. and the youngest Isaac Cool
Sue was United il marriage with Johr
Marshall Sept. -, 1910, and was tn,
mother of twelve children, niae of WHOM
survive her. They are Mrs joe Grams
ton and Samuel Marshall, of Sank Rapids
MINI; Edward Marshall. of Burlingame,
Usage county, Kansas; Mrs. Dewitt Est
and Mrs. Charles Wells, of Menlo, Iowa
Gerome Marshall. who lives near ALBANY
III; aud Harmon, Robert. and Horac,
Marshall, who reside in Cordova town,
ship. Mrs, Marshall had resided her,
constantly until the last four years, dur
ing which she spent much of her tim.
with her children in Mcnlo and Saut
Rapids, in hopes OF regaining her health
She was eyed g. years, months and Il
days. She was a member OF the FRS
Baptist church of Cordova, having beer
baptised by Rev, Asa Prescott, March 8
1861.